[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Haledon 7-13-1994
by Ord. No. 6-8-94 (Ch. 84 of the 1984 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
There shall be a service charge of $20 levied by the Borough to the
issuer of any check or other written instrument which has been delivered to
the Borough as payment tendered on any account and subsequently returned for
insufficient funds or other cause.
Whenever an account owing to the Borough is for a tax or special assessment,
the service charge authorized by this chapter shall be included on any list
of delinquent accounts for enforcement of the lien.
A.
Whenever any person has issued to the Borough a check
or other written instrument which has been returned for insufficient funds
or other cause, the administrator of the department which was the recipient
of that check is authorized to require future payments from the person who
issued the document to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
B.
Any service charge authorized by this section shall be
collected in the same manner prescribed by law for collection from the account
from which the check or written instrument was tendered.